In a now infamous quote, W. Edwards Deming once wrote “It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth.” This quote has been misinterpreted often, usually reversing its meaning to indicate that one must use metrics to manage a process.

In this session, expert speaker Natalia Olive will explore the fine line between measuring for success and getting bogged down by numbers, keeping an eye firmly on the prize: a thriving safety culture.

For many organizations, safety metrics are usually seen as negative and cumbersome, and usually unattainable (think: “zero accidents”). This can change by implementing truly proactive metrics that ensure widespread engagement. In this course, Nataliawill provide examples of key performance indicators that will more strongly contribute to a proactive safety culture. She will also discuss the downside of reactive metrics, and the proper way to frame them within the Safety Management System.

Since upper management buy-in is key to establishing lasting metrics, Natalia will review ways to approach the conversation and show a data-based approach to selecting safety metrics. A dashboard, showing all key indicators in a quick, visual display, can be pivotal at increasing adoption of new metrics into an existing management system. The course will review how to pull one together and key elements of data display to maximize impact.

Learn how to best measure your safety management system to ensure continued success instead of measuring the same thing “because we’ve always done it this way”. Think outside the box and create your own composite metric that values what you want to see happen in your company. Talk the management language to get the ultimate buy-in to update your safety metrics.

This course will be fully interactive. You will have multiple opportunities to speak throughout the session and ask questions by voice as we go along. Please plan accordingly to minimize ambient noise so your line can remain open throughout.

Bring your own agenda! Please plan to share any specific points you’d like to discuss either beforehand by email or at the start of the live webinar. Plan accordingly to keep your phone line open throughout the call and share your thoughts and questions.

Session Highlights:

Establishing the right proactive metrics

Managing reactive metrics for optimal performance

Approaching upper management to influence metrics used at a global level

Best practices in data collection and presentation

Anatomy of the Safety Dashboard

Q&A

Who Should Attend?

Safety Professionals from manufacturing units

Team leads, supervisors and managers in all industries

EHS professionals

Occupational Health professionals

About Our Speaker(s)

Natalia Olive Natalia Olive is an environmental, health and safety professional with over 17 years of international experience. Her strong focus on people and program management is combined with a wide range of technical components. She holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Techn... More info